diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a7a9306239..4ccacc5940 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -172,7 +172,8 @@ DEFENTROPYSOURCE := /dev/urandom
 
 DEFDISABLEBLOCK := false
 DEFSHAREDFS := virtio-9p
-DEFSHAREDFS_NEMU := virtio-fs
+DEFSHAREDFS_NEMU := virtio-9p
+DEFSHAREDFS_QEMU_VIRTIOFS := virtios-fs
 DEFVIRTIOFSDAEMON := $(VIRTIOFSDBINDIR)/virtiofsd-x86_64
 # Default DAX mapping cache size in MiB
 DEFVIRTIOFSCACHESIZE := 1024
diff --git a/cli/config/configuration-nemu.toml.in b/cli/config/configuration-nemu.toml.in
index dda6ae9725..09cc5a8f17 100644
--- a/cli/config/configuration-nemu.toml.in
+++ b/cli/config/configuration-nemu.toml.in
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ default_memory = @DEFMEMSZ@
 disable_block_device_use = @DEFDISABLEBLOCK@
 
 # Shared file system type:
-#   - virtio-fs (default)
-#   - virtio-9p
+#   - virtio-9p (default)
+#   - virtio-fs
 shared_fs = "@DEFSHAREDFS_NEMU@"
 
 # Path to vhost-user-fs daemon.
diff --git a/cli/config/configuration-qemu-virtiofs.toml.in b/cli/config/configuration-qemu-virtiofs.toml.in
index 8f5a618ca9..55cc045c42 100644
--- a/cli/config/configuration-qemu-virtiofs.toml.in
+++ b/cli/config/configuration-qemu-virtiofs.toml.in
@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@ default_memory = @DEFMEMSZ@
 disable_block_device_use = @DEFDISABLEBLOCK@
 
 # Shared file system type:
-#   - virtio-9p (default)
-#   - virtio-fs
-shared_fs = "@DEFSHAREDFS_NEMU@"
+#   - virtio-fs (default)
+#   - virtio-9p
+shared_fs = "@DEFSHAREDFS_QEMU_VIRTIOFS@"
 
 # Path to vhost-user-fs daemon.
 virtio_fs_daemon = "@DEFVIRTIOFSDAEMON@"